Are 2340 and 2400 SAT scorers treated differently?

SimpleLife
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:32:32 +0000

^The next time you’re at an admissions seminar at a tier one or tier two type school, ask the adcom whether they think there’s a difference between a 2340 or 50 and a 2400. I have yet to hear an admissions counselor for ANY school say they view them differently. The more elite the school (Stanford, Yale, Harvard, MIT – all sessions which I have attended), the more likely they are to say that, in their minds, there is no difference. They really don’t care if you’re a 2350 or a 2400. It’s all the same to them. People with 2400s (especially those who took 5 tries to get there) don’t like to hear that … but it’s true. (Or, just read an admissions book or two. Same concept.)